We all know firsthand about an insidious disease — diabetes mellitus. Its presence is evidenced by an increased blood sugar level.
The disease develops in adulthood and old age, mainly due to being overweight.
But recently there has been a tendency for the rejuvenation of the disease and this is associated with an increase in the prevalence of obesity. In this article, we will look at how type 2 diabetes is treated and the risk factors for developing this disease.
The disease develops mainly due to being overweight.
The main cause of sugar disease is a decrease in the body’s sensitivity to insulin. This is a very common disease — more than 90% of patients are of the second type.
But if you let the disease take its course, you can become completely disabled and reduce your life expectancy.
If glucose does not enter the cells of the liver and adipose tissue for its intended purpose, then it begins to enter where it is completely unnecessary. These are the vessels of the eyes and kidneys, the walls of large vessels, nervous tissue — hence all the complications of the sweet ailment come from.
If you let the disease take its course, you can become completely disabled and reduce your life expectancy.
In order to treat type 2 diabetes, it is necessary to follow a diet and increase physical activity aimed at losing weight by 10-15% of the original body weight.
Also, the doctor prescribes drugs that restore the sensitivity of the tissue to insulin, or that increase the level of insulin in the blood. In more severe cases, insulin therapy may be prescribed.
But it must be remembered that:
- subject to the rules of nutrition,
- regular physical activity,
- taking medication correctly,
- you can achieve significant success in treatment. And with the stabilization of weight, a complete rejection of antihyperglycemic drugs is possible.
People at risk of this disease may be those:
- with genetic inheritance. The risk of development increases by 40% in those whose relatives have diabetes;
- over the age of 50;
- with hypertension — high blood pressure;
- being overweight;
- with a sedentary lifestyle.
“Can it be prevented?” — you ask. Unlike type 1 diabetes, type 2 is more predictable and can be avoided by eliminating risk factors.